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How Red State Colorado Turned Purple, Then — Maybe — Blue
ResumeColorado did not become a state until 100 years after the Declaration of Independence. But it has played a major role in American history; after all, it was the state that inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write "America The Beautiful" in 1893. It has also proved to be a presidential battleground, a surprising change from a state that was first believed to be a solid Republican stronghold.
Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson reports on how Colorado’s history of frontier independence and boom-and-bust economies have helped shape American politics.
Guests
Elisa Phelps, director of collections and library division at History Colorado Center. The center tweets @HistoryColorado.
Tom Cronin, professor of American institutions and leadership at Colorado College and co-author of the book “Colorado Politics and Policy: Governing a Purple State.” The college tweets @ColoradoCollege.
Seth Masket, professor of political science at the University of Denver. He tweets @smotus.
This segment aired on October 25, 2016.